Suniva’s U.S. International Trade Petition Reignites Prospect of a Solar PV Trade War
Last updated: Thursday, June 8, 2017 Bankruptcy and insolvency filings on the part of U.S. and German solar manufacturing companies Suniva and SolarWorld AG, respectively, and…
Off-Grid Solar, Battery Energy Storage Gains Ground on Native American Tribal Lands
Last updated: May 13, 2017 The U.S. has long looked to Native American Tribal lands as a source of mineral and energy resources and a thoroughfare…
California Vows to Go Its Own Way to Support Renewables as Storm of Controversy Surrounds Trump Executive Actions
Executive actions taken by U.S. President Donald J. Trump during his first four weeks in the Oval Office by and large confirmed expectations he intends…
Trump Era: $30MM in New U.S. Solar-Grid Integration Funding Comes Amidst Heightened Energy Policy Uncertainty
The U.S. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) on Jan. 31 announced it would invest as much as $30 million to fund new…
How Can Solar Power Transform America’s Lower Income Neighborhoods?
Solar power panels may have higher upfront cost than some traditional sources of power and energy but the long-term cost benefits are unimaginable. The maintenance…
Solar Power: What Next for America?
Before U.S. President Barack Obama took charge in 2009, solar power generation was dismal. The country’s output was just 22 MW, and it was projected…
How the Loan Guarantee Program Kickstarted Solar Power Plants in the U.S.
When Barack H. Obama took charge as President in 2009, there were no utility-scale solar power plants in the country. In 2008, the installed solar…
The World’s Largest Solar Farm Will Use Solar-Thermal Technology
SolarReserve has finalized plans for a massive, 2-gigawatt solar power plant in Nevada, hoping to sell its power to California, which is scheduled to source…
Solar Power Creating New Possibilities Around the World
A few years ago, when the cost of solar panels was rather high, the perception of solar being only for rich folk was created. Not…
“Automotive City” Detroit is Building a Megawatt-Class Photovoltaic Power Plant
DTE Energy, a large energy company in Michigan, announced on September 16 that it had already started the construction of the largest megawatt-class photovoltaic power…
